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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

R Released Jan 12, 1996 1h 28m Comedy List
32% Tomatometer 28 Reviews 80% Popcornmeter 50,000+ Ratings
Innocent young black man Ashtray (Shawn Wayans) is forced to move into a tough Los Angeles slum with his family, including his oddly streetwise, pot-smoking grandma (Helen Martin). Before long, Ashtray's nuclear-armed gangster cousin Loc Dog (Marlon Wayans) introduces him to a bizarrely comic crime underworld. Luckily, Ashtray falls for urban poet Dashiki (Tracey Cherelle Jones), and she convinces him to go straight -- but he must deal with her manic ex-boyfriend Toothpick (Darrel Heath).

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Godfrey Cheshire Variety Full of very obvious spoofery, and funnier in concept than in execution. Feb 5, 2008 Full Review Stephen Holden New York Times A free-for-all comic spoof that brings the 'hood' genre of Hollywood films full circle. Rated: 3/5 Aug 30, 2004 Full Review Susan Stark Detroit News Rated: 2/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Sheila Reid Women in the Life The Wayans boys are back! Their satires are silly and sometimes hilarious, but more importantly they enable us to laugh at ourselves. May 13, 2022 Full Review Mal Vincent The Virginian-Pilot Only briefly do the writers attempt any humor that is inflammatory, however. They go, mainly, for broad slapstick - aiming low. Rated: 1.5/4 Mar 1, 2022 Full Review Deborah Hornblow Hartford Courant Perhaps if "Menace'' had been shorter and some of the weaker sketches had been left on the cutting-room floor, it would have added up to a stronger whole. In the end, it is too small a menace to match the efforts of filmmakers like Singleton and Lee. Rated: 2/5 Jan 2, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Colby B Top 3 comedy of all time Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/10/24 Full Review B A My favorite comedy from the 1990s. It's a little off the wall, but that's why it's great. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/24/24 Full Review Scot Hilarious. One of the funniest movies I've ever seen Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/25/24 Full Review Clayton D Over-the-top funny at times which is understandable for a satire but it's still the Wayans' best work to date Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/23/24 Full Review Dick N This is one of the dumbest movies i ever seen and yet it is quite good! In the first 10-15 min i was not sold but after watching the entire thing i liked it! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/24 Full Review Daniel G Love the nostalgia and come a y of this movie. It's a simple classic. You can't not quote ever line of this movie man. It's a Wayne's Brothers classic. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/11/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood: Official Clip - Dreams Are for Suckas Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood: Official Clip - Dreams Are for Suckas 1:57 Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood: Official Clip - Drive-By Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood: Official Clip - Drive-By 2:08 Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood: Official Clip - Old School Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood: Official Clip - Old School 1:34 Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood: Official Clip - The Man Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood: Official Clip - The Man 2:12 Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood: Official Clip - You Got Yourself a Job Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood: Official Clip - You Got Yourself a Job 2:09 Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood: Official Clip - Are You My Daddy? Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood: Official Clip - Are You My Daddy? 1:44 Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood: Official Clip - Old Lady Dance-Off Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood: Official Clip - Old Lady Dance-Off 1:17 Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood: Official Clip - Do We Have a Problem? Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood: Official Clip - Do We Have a Problem? 1:13 Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood: Official Clip - Bet You I Could Get Her Number Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood: Official Clip - Bet You I Could Get Her Number 1:11 Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood: Official Clip - Dashiki's Poem Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood: Official Clip - Dashiki's Poem 1:22 View more videos
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Movie Info

Synopsis Innocent young black man Ashtray (Shawn Wayans) is forced to move into a tough Los Angeles slum with his family, including his oddly streetwise, pot-smoking grandma (Helen Martin). Before long, Ashtray's nuclear-armed gangster cousin Loc Dog (Marlon Wayans) introduces him to a bizarrely comic crime underworld. Luckily, Ashtray falls for urban poet Dashiki (Tracey Cherelle Jones), and she convinces him to go straight -- but he must deal with her manic ex-boyfriend Toothpick (Darrel Heath).
Director
Paris Barclay
Producer
Eric L. Gold, Keenen Ivory Wayans
Screenwriter
Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Phil Beauman
Distributor
Miramax Films, Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co
Ivory Way Productions
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 12, 1996, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
May 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$18.5M
Runtime
1h 28m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo